Agriculture - Hasn't dead yet !

I got some sense of satisfaction after my recent agony on the level of Indian agriculture. Especially after Pepsi.Co engaged 12,000 farmers in a 'contract farming'. Thanks to the junk-food-loving generation. Pepsi.Co's Lays chips is pretty famous across the nation. The Tomato-Tango flavor is my favorite too :-)
These farmers have harvested 22,000 tonnes of potato last season !

22,000 Tonnes = 22,000 X 1000 = 22,000,000 Kgs !! 

Wow....Whooping !!! After all, Agriculture isn't dead yet !

HCL Ride-a-Thon

I am proud to be an employee of HCL Technologies. I am so proud to take part in HCL Ride-a-Thon: A Global Warming awareness campaign organized to perfection by the CSC (Community Service Council) team of HCL. Almost 500+ Chennai employees (and their family too) of HCL galored with enthusiasm in Marina Beach around 7 in the morning. Good to see it happening on the same day as the Earth Hour night !
I forget to turn off the lights that day but still i follow a different strategy to save the environment :-)
Every one of us were riding a banner-boards-tied bi-cycle. The Information Technology Minister of the State - Dr.Aruna flagged off the event as we all started our 10-mile journey. Always a gathering surprises people and makes it a more happening event. I always support awareness campaigns on saving the environment and with this, i got one more opportunity to do it. Would i miss out? Absolutely not. Thanks to the entire team for organizing this event.
Read more on The Hindu. Let's make some pictures talk.

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 Minister of State for Information Technology - Flags off
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And the team stars the journey....
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And, this is me. Joining the rest :-)
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